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Orange Date-Nut Cake
Yield: 10 servings

1 c butter
4 c sugar, divided
4 lg eggs
4 c flour
1 ts baking soda
1 1/2 c buttermilk
8 oz sugared dates; chopped
1 c pecans, chopped, toasted
4 ts orange rind
1 c orange juice

Preheat oven to 350F.

Beat butter at medium speed until fluffy.  Gradually add 2 sup
sugar, beating well.  Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended
after each addition.

Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately
with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.  Beat at
low speed until blended after each addition.  Stir in dates, pecans,
and 2 teaspoons orange rind.  Pout batter into greased and floured
10" tube pan.

Bake for 70 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes
out clean.

Bring orange juice, remaining sugar and remaining rind to a boil
in a saucepan;  cook, stirring constantly, 1 minutes.

Run a knife around edge of cake gently;  punch holes in cake with
a wooden pick.  Drizzle glaze over warm cake.  Let cool in pan on
a wire rack.

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